Daily Pro-life Reflections From Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests For Life.

The celebration of our nation’s independence is an important moment to reflect on the blessings of God, the meaning of freedom, and the task to expand the blessings of freedom to our unborn brothers and sisters who are still enslaved by our nation’s abortion policies.

Today is the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This Heart is the core of the pro-life movement, which is a movement of self-sacrificing love.

Some pastors hesitate to address the abortion issue because they are afraid of controversy and opposition from their congregations. Yet this is precisely where we need to strengthen their hearts, and remind them of the words and example of St Paul, who declared that the word must be preached in season and out of season, whether convenient or inconvenient.

Recently, when I was working through one of life’s unavoidable problems, a friend offered me encouragement by saying, “I know this must be a difficult time for you.”

Tomorrow, pro-life people around the world are invited to begin a special Novena to the Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life.

Forty days after his resurrection, the Lord Jesus ascended into heaven. What was different on that day than when he was in heaven before coming to earth?

The state of Nebraska recently passed a law to prohibit abortion after twenty weeks because medical research indicates that by that time it is highly likely that the baby feels pain.

A recent “Dear Abby” column was about a couple who had their child aborted and faced opposition from another family member. They weren’t sure whether to keep asking forgiveness.

This year, when Earth Day was observed, pro-life ads were placed on busses inviting people to celebrate earth’s greatest treasure -- children.

Matthew’s gospel tells us that when Jesus rose from the dead, there was a great earthquake. In the Old Testament, earthquakes are a sign of the coming of God, the breaking in of the new age in which God’s kingdom will flourish.

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On the morning of Jesus’ resurrection, there was a lot of running taking place. The women, having seen the empty tomb, ran back to the disciples.

When the women who had gone to anoint Jesus’ body on the first Easter morning returned to the apostles with the news that they had seen the risen Lord, the apostles refused to believe it.

On March 31, 2005, Terri Schiavo was killed. She was a disabled woman whose estranged husband, and the courts to which he went, decided that she should be deprived of water and food.

The service that the Church carries out to humanity embraces life at every stage and in every circumstance. Our “ethic of life” is indeed consistent, because love is indivisible.